Seaside Joy

Seaside Joy

This tutorial was written by me. 

Any similarity is purely coincidental. 

It was done using Gimp

 but can be done with any program

Seaside Joy

Supplies:

 PTU Scrapkit by BLT DeZignZ

it can be found  at Pics For Design here

or kit of choice

Tube of choice

I used a tube by Joanne Schempp 

you MUST have a license to use her art

you can find her tubes and get a license to use them at Creative Design Outlet here

mask of choice

I used a mask from Chas 

my file says chas 2 mask but on her blog it say " New mask by Me" 

you can find it here 

font of choice 

I used  Sandals and it  can be found here 

http://www.fonts101.com/fonts/view/Cutesy/26910/Sandals

Note:

Autocrop layers as you go 

you can add your drop shadows as you go if thats what you like to do

Lets begin

Open new canvas 800 x 600 white bg 

 ( we will resize later , this is just to have room to work) 

Open paper 4 

copy and paste 

Resize to 350 x 400 px and rotate to the left 

when happy with it anchor

duplicate it and 

click layer/ transform/flip horizontally

Add new layer 

move this new layer below the paper layers

open fence element 

Resize to 650 px copy and paste

position and anchor. You can resize again if needed

Add new layer 

move the new layer above the paper layers

copy branch element and paste , before you anchor it resize

I resized mine to 300 px width 

position and anchor , use my tag as reference to element placement

Add new layer 

Open clip  and scale to 50 px height copy and paste 

anchor

we are decorating the branch with the clips 

Add new layer 

open clip 2 and scale to 50 px height 

copy and past 

you can resize the clips to suit you 

duplicate and position the clips as you like them

Add new layer 

open your tube of choice and resize and position as you like

Add new layer 

open wa

resize to 200 px width

copy and paste ,

 position over branch , see my tag 

resize as needed rotate slightly if needed. 

anchor

Add new layer

open anchor element , resize to 200 px width 

paste and rotate to the left ,

anchor,

 resize further if needed 

see my tag for reference , when happy with the postion and size 

use eraser to remove the edge of anchor frame where it crossed the paper frame

again see my tag for reference

Add new layer

open bottle element 

scale to 150 px height 

copy and paste , rotate to the left slightly 

anchor

resize further if needed

see my tag for refence. 

Add new layer 

open seashell 2 element 

resize to 60 px width 

copy and paste 

position slightly overlapping bottom of bottle 

see my tag for refence 

when you are happy with it anchor

duplicate and click layer / transform/ flip horizontally

position over edge of paper frame

Add new layer 

move this new layer below the duplicate seashell (thats over the paper frame)

open element starfish 2 

resize 75 px width  position with edge just under the seashell 

anchor

Add new layer 

move this new layer above the seashell 

open element starfish 

resize to 75 px width and position  ( see my tag )

anchor

Add new layer 

go down to your bottle layer and alpha to selection

then go back up and make sure your new layer is active 

open dragonfly element 

resize to about 50 px width ( you can resize more before you anchor if you need to )

position so the dragonflys are inside the bottle and Paste INTO be sure you use Paste Into and not paste

when happy anchor 

you can repeat this step if you want to 

Add new layer 

open element string

resize to 200 px height 

position inside paper frame ( see my tag) 

resize further if needed 

anchor 

Add your drop shadow to layers if you haven't already 

I use 3/4/8/38 but use the ds you prefer

If you are happy with the way your tag looks 

hide bg layer

merge visible layers 

autocrop layer , I resized mine to 590 px width

add new layer above bg layer

add color, paper, texture of your choice 

I used paper 7 

right click / add layer mask ( be sure the black full transparent is ticked ) 

open mask copy and paste 

position  and resize as you like 

anchor

merge tag layer with mask layer

autocrop layer 

I scale mine to 600 px width 

add copyrights and license number if needed 

delete white bg layer 

image autocrop 

resize if needed 

I like my tags 600 px width

click filters / enhance/ sharpen

 Add your name with the font of your choice

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial. I would love to see any tag you make with this tut . 

You can email me at cindydaisylover@gmail.com